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Disaster struck the world’s biggest social network on October 4th when Facebook and its sister apps were knocked offline for six

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问题     Disaster struck the world’s biggest social network on October 4th when Facebook and its sister apps were knocked offline for six hours.  It was one of the less【C1】________moments of the company’s week. The next day, Frances Haugen, told Congress of all manner of wickedness at the firm, from【C2】________eating disorders among its younger users to endangering democracy. Some wondered whether the world would be a better place if the collapse were【C3】________.
    Politicians are angry but so far seem incapable of carrying out reforms to keep it under【C4】________. And investors have kept buying the stock,【C5】________of the bad headlines. Yet the company should take no【C6】________from this. The blind fury unleashed shows that its reputational problems have got out of hand.
    Even when it set out plausible【C7】________to Ms Haugen, people no longer wanted to hear. The firm risks joining the ranks of corporate untouchables like big tobacco. If that idea takes hold, Facebook risks losing its young, liberal staff. Even if its ageing customers stick with the social network, Facebook has bigger ambitions that could be【C8】________if public opinion continues to curdle. Who wants a metaverse created by Facebook? Perhaps as many people as would like their health care provided by Philip Morris.
    If【C9】________argument alone is no longer enough to get Facebook out of its hole, the company should look hard at its public face. Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s all-powerful founder, made a reasoned statement after this week’s wave of anger. He was ignored or ridiculed and【C10】________looks like a terrible nuisance.
    A) avoiding   F) frustrated     K) highlights
    B) comfort    G) increasingly  L) rational
    C) control     H) hardly    M) regardless
    D) definite     I) permanent   N) responses
    E) embarrassing   J) promoting   O) satisfied
【C2】
选项
答案J
解析 动词辨析题。空格所在句包含一个from．．．to．．．的介词短语结构，意为 “从……到……”，连接两个并列的结构，空格处应与to后的endangering形式一致，故填入动名词。由句意可知．弗朗西斯·豪根向美国国会举报了脸书公司内部的种种恶行。将备选项分别代入句中，avoiding eating disorders意为“避免饮食障碍”。这不属于恶行，不符合句意，因此排除A)；promoting eating disorders意为“提倡饮食障碍”，符合句意。故答案为J)promoting。
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